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Misplaced Parental Fears and Ideological Framing in Anti-Vaping Narratives
Alan Gor 18 April 2025 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17579139251319668 Becky Freeman et al Promote Parental Fear Over Evidence...
09algor
7 hours ago
The Govt's Vaping Policy Could Be Killing Thousands of Australians
Mark Butler's vaping policy could be killing Australians by turning them back to smoking!
The annual death toll has now grown to 24000 Aus
Pippa Starr
2 days ago
Queensland Health’s Vaping Report: Policy-Based Evidence, Not Evidence-Based Policy
Alan Gor 16 April 2025 https://www.choreport.health.qld.gov.au/our-lifestyle/electronic-cigarettes If you ever needed a case study of how...
09algor
3 days ago
Changes in vaping trends since the announcement of an impending ban on disposable vapes: A population study in Great Britain
15 April 2025 Sarah E. Jackson , Lion Shahab , Harry Tattan-Birch , Vera Buss , Jamie Brown https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1...
09algor
4 days ago
Policy by Echo Chamber: A Critical Look at Becky Freeman’s Role in Shaping Vaping Regulation
Alan Gor 14 April 2025 The Sax Institute’s interview - 28 May 2024 - with Associate Professor Becky Freeman offers a glimpse into the...
09algor
5 days ago
"Like Antibiotics"? The Dangerous Nonsense of Australia’s Vaping Analogy
Alan Gor 08 April 2025 Australia’s war on vaping has reached a new level of absurdity. In their desperate attempts to justify draconian...
09algor
Apr 8
Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model Failing as Three-Quarters of Pharmacies Refuse to Stock Products
New data from a survey of 315 Australian pharmacies has revealed the collapse of the government’s Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model, with the vast
Pippa Starr
Apr 8
Smokers Trying to Quit Often Do Not Use Effective Cessation Aids, UK Study Finds
04 April 2025 Vaping, which was used in 40.2% of quit attempts, was the most commonly used cessation aid and associated with the highest...
09algor
Apr 3
Comparative Evaluation of Cigarette Smoke and a Heated Tobacco Product on Corneal Oxidative Stress in an Air/Liquid Interface Model
03 April 2025 Sebastiano Giallongo ; Francesco Bellia ; Andrea Russo ; Matteo Fallico ; Riccardo Polosa ; Niccolò Castellino ; Antonio...
09algor
Apr 2
Australia’s New Tobacco Laws: Performative, Ineffective, and Harmful
Alan Gor 02 April 2025 The Australian government’s latest wave of tobacco regulations is yet another example of performative policymaking...
09algor
Apr 2
What You Don't Know About Vaping In Australia
There is a very large group of people whose voices have been purposefully and effectively silenced by the Australian Government, #vaping
Pippa Starr
Mar 31
Australian Labor Govt Budget Smoked Out By Their Own Donors?
by Pippa Starr 26 March 2025 Australia’s War on Nicotine Has Backfired—The Black Market Is Winning, and We’re All Paying the Price! When...
Pippa Starr
Mar 26
Evaluating the Effect of the JUUL2 System With 5 Flavors on Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Product Use Behaviors Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes: 6-Week Actual Use Study
26 March 2025 Nicholas I Goldenson1 ; Saul Shiffman2 ; Mark A Sembower2 ; Arielle Selya2 ; Steve Pype2 ; Ryan A Black1...
09algor
Mar 25
Cross-sectional study on smoking types and stroke risk: development of a predictive model for identifying stroke risk
25 March 2025 Chao Ding 1† Minjia Yuan 2† Jiwei Cheng 1* Junkai Wen 1* Background: Stroke, a major global health concern, is responsible...
09algor
Mar 24
Fanning the flame: analysing the emergence,implications, and challenges of Australia’s defacto war on Nicotine
24 March 2024 https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s12954-025-01163-6?sharing_token=Eg1-Tswt8j2UkfrHZQ_TKG_BpE1tBhCbnbw3BuzI2RNcshzWUbF...
09algor
Mar 24
Flawed Assumptions, Misleading Conclusions: Debunking the Anti-Vaping Narrative
Alan Gor 22 March 2025 The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story...
09algor
Mar 22
Nicotine improves working memory via augmenting BDNF levels through α7 nAChR: evidence from clinical and pre-clinical studies
15 March 2025 Yingyan Li, PhD , Xin Li , Yaning Fu, PhD , Wenjun Mou , Zuxin Chen, PhD , Ping Wu, PhD , Fanglin Liu, PhD , Huan Chen, PhD...
09algor
Mar 14
A Rebuttal to Mark Butler’s Misinformation on Vaping and Tobacco Control
Alan Gor 12 March 2025 https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-mark-butler-mp/media/radio-interview-with-minister-butler-3aw-12-march...
09algor
Mar 12
Patterns of Use of e-Cigarettes and Their Respiratory Effects: A Critical Umbrella Review
11 March 2025 Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5127-5299 g_larosa92@live.it , Riccardo Polosa , and Renée O'Leary...
09algor
Mar 10
ABC Radio Irresponsibly Broadcasts A Misleading Antivaper Activist!
The fear-mongering narrative that vaping will hook an entire generation on nicotine is not supported by the evidence.
Pippa Starr
Mar 10
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